Hamilton County Sheriff J. Harrel Reid said Lambert and the people injured Saturday, were under the goose neck of a camper trailer trying to stay out of a sudden rain shower when lightning struck a tree about 25 feet away.

“As commonly happens, it traveled down the tree and went through the ground and struck these people,” Reid said.

One of the people complained of numbness and tingling in her arm, Reid said, but the others were not seriously hurt.

The mud-bogging event Saturday was called the Woodpecker Mud Bog, and is an activity that happens every three to four months, Reid said.

Two sheriff’s officers were within 50 yards of the strike, with medical help also nearby.

“They gave her CPR, and she was taken to a hospital in Lake City, but she never was revived,” Reid said about Lambert.

The strike Saturday happened as strong thunderstorms hit North Florida with wind gusts up to 55 mph.

More thunderstorms are possible this week as a front pushes through South Florida late Tuesday into early Wednesday. No severe storm threats are expected, but lightning, gusty winds and heavy rains are possible.

The location of the front as of 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Ahead of the front, temperatures will soar into the high 80s with today reaching a forecast 88 degrees in West Palm Beach, and tomorrow hitting 87.

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Kim Miller is the weather reporter for The Palm Beach Post.

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